Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2009
Behold! the 2nd Socio- Legal debate was conducted on the 10th of August 2009. Below is the flyer of the event. The video will be uploaded soon on the site. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditTweet thisSubscribe to this postPrint for laterTell a friend
Posted in Human Rights, india, Politics on Aug 10th, 2009
I just read that the Centre is in the process of framing a surrender policy for the Maoists with particular reference to the situation in Chattisgarh. This however is merely the second stage of an all out offensive that is to be planned soon. The Union Home Ministry has drawn up surrender policy for Maoists. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 8th, 2009
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Posted in Constitution, india on Aug 6th, 2009
The past few weeks have seen the UPA Government taking a positive stand on various issues. Distinct among them being the rethinking of the application of the Armed Forces Special powers Act, issues related to terrorism and more recently the recently passes Right to Education Bill, 2008. After the 86th Constitution Amendment was passed in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 4th, 2009
Laws punishing habitual offenders are existent in several jurisdictions, right from the U.S.A to Pakistan, India and Australia. While the substantive content of the law and the sentence prescribed therein may vary from country to country, and from state to state in some countries, the big idea that constitutes the foundation of all such laws [...]
Posted in Constitution, Democracy, Human Rights, Terrorism on Aug 1st, 2009
I read somewhere, when one increasingly talks of democracy, it should be construed to mean a movement by the majority to suppress the rights of a minority. Can’t recall where I read it, but thought that there was in inherent fallacy in that statement. However, if one were to look at the recent amendments to [...]